The Nigerian centre for disease control (NCDC) has register 45 new cases of COVID-19 infections in five different states and the FCT on Saturday.
The Director General of the NCDC Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu gave the update on Sunday and stated that no death was recorded so far.
He said that the figure of the infection indicated an increase of 22 infections over the 23 infections reported on Friday
It stated also that as of Saturday, Anambra had 18 infections, the FCT had 15 infections, and Lagos State had nine infections, while Bauchi, Rivers and Kano states had one infection each.
The NCDC explained that the figures for Anambra and the FCT covered the 11 and 15 backlogs they had respectively in the previous week.
He said that 185 persons were discharged from hospitals on Saturday after they have fully recovered from the infection.
He added that Nigeria had recorded a total of 213,532 cases of the infections from the 3.4 million samples tested as of Saturday.
Out of the figure, 206, 486 persons have fully recovered after treatment and were discharged from hospitals.
Nigeria’s death toll since the outbreak is 2,973 persons.
The Director General of the NCDC further stated that 4,073 cases were still active in various parts of the country.